Formation of aromatic ring structures during the thermal treatment of mallee wood cylinders at low temperature

© 2016 Elsevier LtdAromatics are important components in the tars from biomass gasification or in bio-oil from pyrolysis. This study investigated the formation of polycyclic aromatics during the thermal treatment of mallee wood at low temperature. The formation of tar was negligible below 200 °C but...

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Main Authors: Jiang, S., Hu, X., Xia, D., Li, Chun-Zhu
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12184
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Hu, X.
Xia, D.
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description © 2016 Elsevier LtdAromatics are important components in the tars from biomass gasification or in bio-oil from pyrolysis. This study investigated the formation of polycyclic aromatics during the thermal treatment of mallee wood at low temperature. The formation of tar was negligible below 200 °C but became significant above 230 °C. At the same time, the abundance of aromatics also became significant above 230 °C. In addition, it was found that some aromatics were formed even at temperatures as low as 150 °C. These aromatics were trapped in the resultant chars but could be extracted with solvents (i.e. methanol/chloroform). The abundance of trapped aromatics was different between the outer surface and the centre of the char (cylinder shape). FT-IR and UV-fluorescence analysis revealed that the aromatics contained polar functionalities (e.g. carbonyl groups) on the benzene rings. Some unsaturated hydroxyl aldehyde/ketone intermediates were formed in parallel with the aromatics.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-121842017-09-13T14:59:18Z Formation of aromatic ring structures during the thermal treatment of mallee wood cylinders at low temperature Jiang, S. Hu, X. Xia, D. Li, Chun-Zhu © 2016 Elsevier LtdAromatics are important components in the tars from biomass gasification or in bio-oil from pyrolysis. This study investigated the formation of polycyclic aromatics during the thermal treatment of mallee wood at low temperature. The formation of tar was negligible below 200 °C but became significant above 230 °C. At the same time, the abundance of aromatics also became significant above 230 °C. In addition, it was found that some aromatics were formed even at temperatures as low as 150 °C. These aromatics were trapped in the resultant chars but could be extracted with solvents (i.e. methanol/chloroform). The abundance of trapped aromatics was different between the outer surface and the centre of the char (cylinder shape). FT-IR and UV-fluorescence analysis revealed that the aromatics contained polar functionalities (e.g. carbonyl groups) on the benzene rings. Some unsaturated hydroxyl aldehyde/ketone intermediates were formed in parallel with the aromatics. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12184 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.09.015 Elsevier restricted
spellingShingle Jiang, S.
Hu, X.
Xia, D.
Li, Chun-Zhu
Formation of aromatic ring structures during the thermal treatment of mallee wood cylinders at low temperature
title Formation of aromatic ring structures during the thermal treatment of mallee wood cylinders at low temperature
title_full Formation of aromatic ring structures during the thermal treatment of mallee wood cylinders at low temperature
title_fullStr Formation of aromatic ring structures during the thermal treatment of mallee wood cylinders at low temperature
title_full_unstemmed Formation of aromatic ring structures during the thermal treatment of mallee wood cylinders at low temperature
title_short Formation of aromatic ring structures during the thermal treatment of mallee wood cylinders at low temperature
title_sort formation of aromatic ring structures during the thermal treatment of mallee wood cylinders at low temperature
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12184